Hansonthebike

Hansonthebike, 2 days ago to MountainBiking

How’s that for an #bike tunnel #ottbike

From: @brainscores
https://mastodon.world/@brainscores/112455235325711478

Hansonthebike, 3 days ago to random

For the forth time, volunteers across Canada fan out to count cyclists and pedestrians in the second week of June. Will you volunteer a few hours too? #ottbike

https://hansonthebike.com/2024/05/16/pedal-poll-2024/

Hansonthebike, 4 days ago to random

A road has to be closed for possibly a week bc a driver (not ‘a car’) does something stupid. Just imagine someone on an #ottbike would cause a road to be closed for a week and it would be the most read article on CTV for days with the traffic trolls out in full force.

Hansonthebike, 5 days ago to random

The best #ottbike route through downtown Ottawa runs currently through Quebec 🤔

From: @grivettcarnac
https://mstdn.social/@grivettcarnac/112433605999616584

Hansonthebike, 10 days ago to random

The cushions of my Bose headphones started to come apart. There are replacement ones, but they are not cheap: CAD 37 at Bose and CAD 25-ish on Amazon (before tax and shipping).

Last winter, I repaired parts of them, but now the other half came loose (basically the glue is giving up I think). So I took a needle and threat and sewed the split halves back together.

Two black headphone ear cushions are sitting side by side. They look like new again, after the seals that had come apart have been sewed together again by Hans on the Bike himself, saving over 30 Canadian dollars.

Hansonthebike, 11 days ago to animals

#BeaufortTheCat has not been eating since Sunday. He's still somewhat interested in water, but not much. Interestingly, when he hears me filling something up with water, he comes downstairs but doesn't drink. This week, he has an interest in sitting in the laundry sink (he's never done that). He was still able to jump on the wash machine next to it, but I provided him with a chair as a halfway station now. Then he was interested in the laundry basket for the evening. #catsofmastodon #cats

A black and white cat is cozily sitting in a laundry basket. there are dish clothes, socks and a towel visible.

Hansonthebike, 15 days ago to animals

We didn't expect this, but #Beaufortthecat made it another week. He basically stopped eating, other than a teaspoon or two of wetfood. He does drink a bit throughout the day. We said our goodbyes at least three times this week, lots of hugs, assuming he won't make it through the night, but the next morning his big eyes are welcoming us downstairs again. There's 2 hours of some activity and drinking and then he retires for most of the day until early evening 1/2

#CatsOfMastodon #cats #Caturday

Hansonthebike, 18 days ago to random

How a 60 year old EU chicken tax affects the size of US trucks today, great read: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution

Hansonthebike, 21 days ago to animals

Another week has passed and #Beaufortthecat is still with us. The last two days he hasn’t been eating much and I am surprised he is still hanging in. Walking up the stairs has been harder and I have now put a chair next to the kitchen counter, he can’t jump from the floor on the counter anymore. I accidentally discovered he really enjoys a bit of milk deluded with water. Drinking from a bowl in the sink is a new thing. He even went into the catio last night. #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #concerned

Hansonthebike, 22 days ago to cycling

Two #cycling enthusiasts are putting together a 180 km #cycling route with services to attract more cycling tourism to rural #Ontario and #Ottawa. #ottbike

https://hansonthebike.com/2024/04/27/mississippi-ottawa-bike-route/

Hansonthebike, 22 days ago to Ottawa

Reminder: #ottbike #ottwalk #Ottawa a bit under the radar, but perhaps a nice thing to spend an afternoon on. Just learned about it last weekend from World of Maps owners.

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Hansonthebike, 23 days ago to Ottawa

This article by Toon Dreessen about a derelict building in DT #Ottawa has a number of good suggestions on how to get a developer moving on it: https://www.architectsdca.com/news/housing-potential-meets-political-will/ It is not rocket science but needs political will.

Hansonthebike, 29 days ago to animals

Well, we thought #Beaufortthecat wouldn’t make it to the end of the week. Last night, I thought he would go (tears), but here we are and he is still sitting next to me. He only licks some of the fat from a tin of cat food contents. We hand feed him Temptations now and then and he still laps up quite a bit of water. We would have been walking in Lisbon today, but we postponed our trip for him last week so he better hangs in with us a bit longer. #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #cats

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to random

A visit to the Ottawa River Pathway detour near the War museum #ottbike #ottwalk

https://hansonthebike.com/2024/04/14/pathway-detour-ottawa-river/

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to Ottawa

As it turns out, my #Ottawa optometrist’s computers were hacked. We received a letter that my birthday and medical information were compromised. Now, I don’t mind that some hacker is salivating over my prescription reading glasses, but a scammer might trick me into some action. So when did that hack occur? A YEAR AGO, and only now they are informing me. No one said anything in December when I dropped in, no one said anything when I picked up my classes in February. Bad PR.

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to animals

This week, #Beaufortthecat was behaving very lethargic and we thought he might pass away. He is eating very little dry food and only eating the fat in his wet food. We started to buy the very small wet food cans as he refused to eat from a can that has been open 24 hours or more. But he is more resilient than expected and he is still around, even going outside once in a while. He tends to loaf in different places than he used to and still enjoys our lap #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cats

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to random

@grivettcarnac @jobrienchem @Dvdham

What’s the chance you’re taking pics for a newspaper and “a cyclist” (we know better) cycles through your pic. #ottbike

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to animals

Sadly #Beaufort has Feline Leukaemia. He has not much longer to live and lost a third of his body weight. He is getting slower, eats gradually less, doesn’t play much anymore but still appears to enjoy being around. He used to wake us up, but no more. It is a waiting game now and we have put our lives on hold. It is apparently a common cause of death for cats.

#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #Catstodon

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to Ottawa

Interesting!! This morning's paper reports on the NCC mulling the Queen Elizabeth Drive in #Ottawa as an alternative for the Rideau Canal Skateway after several disappointing skate seasons. Here’s the article copied for you: https://hansonthebike.com/2024/04/01/rideau-canal-ottawa/ #ottwalk #ottbike #ottskate

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to random

Ontario’s Conservative premier wants federal workers to take public transit into town to save transit and downtown restaurants while setting money aside for new interchange to improve automobile traffic flow. “It’s a real massive boost to transit ridership, it’s huge.”

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to Ottawa

Between 2012 and 2016, my #Ottawa dentist raised his prices for a ‘scaling unit’ by a very modest 1% per year. Between 2016 and 2019 it was even less. Since COVID 4 years ago, prices have gone up by 5.5% per year.

Hansonthebike, 1 month ago to Ottawa

With changing weather patterns come more downpours in #Ottawa. A good strategy is to try to store that #rainwater as close to where it fell. The Netherlands is experimenting with wadis and streets that absorb water better. https://hansonthebike.com/2024/03/20/rainwater-street-sponge-wadi-water/ #landwirtschaft #environment #environnement #landscape

Hansonthebike, 2 months ago to animals

There’s no place like home. #Caterday #CatsOfMastodon